Kashinozaki Lighthouse

Kashinozaki Lighthouse
樫野埼灯台

Location	Kii Ōshima, Kushimoto, Wakayama, Japan
Coordinates	33°28′17″N 135°51′43″E / 33.47139°N 135.86194°E / 33.47139; 135.86194
Year first constructed	1870
Year first lit	July 8, 1870 (1870-07-08)
Markings / pattern	White
Height	14.6 metres (48 ft)
Focal height	47 metres (154 ft)
Original lens	Second order Fresnel
Intensity	530,000 Candela
Range	18.5 nautical miles (34.3 km; 21.3 mi)
Characteristic	Gp Fl.(2) 20s
Japan number	2889 [F5998]

Kashinozaki Lighthouse (樫野埼灯台, kashinozaki tōdai) is a lighthouse on the island of Kii Ōshima, which is administered by Kushimoto, Wakayama, Japan.

History

It was one of the lighthouses designed by Richard Henry Brunton, who was hired by the government of Japan in the Meiji period to help construct lighthouses in Japan to make it safe for foreign ships.

Notes

Lighthouses of Japan Early Meiji lighthouses (Léonce Verny) Kannonzaki Lighthouse (1869) Nojimazaki Lighthouse (1869) Shinagawa Lighthouse (1870) Jōgashima Lighthouse (1870) Later Meiji lighthouses (“Brunton’s Children”) Kashinozaki Lighthouse (1870) Tsurugisaki Lighthouse (1871) Esaki Lighthouse (1871) Hesaki Lighthouse (1871) Mikomotoshima Lighthouse (1871) Irōzaki Lighthouse (1871) Iojimazaki Lighthouse (1871) Satamisaki Lighthouse (1871) Nosappumisaki Lighthouse (1872) Tomogashima Lighthouse (1872) Mutsurejima Lighthouse (1872) Shirasu Lighthouse (1873) Sugashima Lighthouse (1873) Anorisaki Lighthouse (1873) Tsurushima Lighthouse (1873) Shionomisaki Lighthouse (1873) Inubōsaki Lighthouse (1874) Omaezaki Lighthouse (1874) Eboshijima Lighthouse (1875) Shiriyazaki Lighthouse (1876) Kinkasan Lighthouse (1876) Tsunoshima Lighthouse (1876) Taisho period lighthouses Sunosaki Lighthouse (1919) Nomazaki Lighthouse (1921) Modern lighthouses Yokohama Marine Tower (1961)